wiredinUSA February 2013

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Russian fasteners harmonized

Rosendahl gave two presentations at the technical symposium at the 61 st IWCS conference in November 2012. The first, entitled “Latest developments in FOC production equipment”, demonstrated that trends in fiber optic cable manufacturing are all connected with the general optimization of each step of the production process. In order to improve the performance of the cable, and to reduce the costs of the final product, many technologies and devices have been invented to reduce optical loss, increase production speed and allow more flexibility in the manufacturing process. The company’s second presentation, “Process and technology developments for fluor-polymer foam and specialty materials processing for data, aerospace andmedical cable”, covered the growing demand for fluor-polymer and engineering plastic insulated wires in a wide area of applications, including data-, coaxial-, micro-coaxial and aerospace applications, and how this will drive the demand for advanced processing equipment, new process technology and materials. Rosendahl and Nextrom presentation

Cavotec has won three orders for motorized cable reels for installation on ship-to-shore (STS) cranes and rail-mounted gantry (RMG) cranes at DPWorld’s new container terminal at Jebel Ali Port in the United Arab Emirates. ZPMC, a port equipment manufacturer, and TGPC, a regional leader in the design and construction of cranes, have ordered the equipment, which will be used to power 19 STS and 50 RMG cranes at Jebel Ali Port’s new Terminal 3 container handling facility. Under the Terminal 3 project, DP World is currently developing 1,600m of quay wall and 70 hectares of yard space for the new container terminal within the existing port area. When complete, the facility is expected to handle 4,000,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) every year. Jebel Ali Port is currently equipped with 22 berths and 79 cranes catering for the world’s largest container vessels. Cavotec equipment already serves container berths at Jebel Ali, and several other DP World applications worldwide. Motorized cable reels for port

Rollout boosted by agreement

The federal agency for technical regulation and metrology, together with hardware association RosMetiz, has issued new national standards for fasteners, fully harmonized with the standards published by the International Standards Organization. As part of the 2012 TC 229 national standardization program eleven new fastener standards have been issued based on ISO standards 7045, 7048, 7046-1 and -2, 1207, 1580, 2009, 2010, 7047, 7049 and7050. Thenewstandards areexpected to assist Russian testing enterprises to adapt metrology conditions within the territory of the Russian Federation in line with WTO rules.

An agreement reached between the UK’s Country, Land & Business Association (CLA) and the National Farmers Union (NFU) should ensure the faster rollout of broadband network cables. A new package of advisory wayleave payment rates and terms has been agreed, meaning infrastructure providers will find some of the barriers to deployment removed. Some landowners had raised concerns about the amount of compensation they would be paid for allowing access to their land for the construction of new networks, but a compromise has been reached, allowing countryside broadband projects to forge ahead. Harry Cotterell, president of the CLA, said the importance of good rural broadband, “cannot be over-emphasized. It is essential for business, whether starting up or expanding, essential for education and research and an important communication tool for all rural communities,” he stated. “We are confident this wayleaves package will help secure consent for a broadband infrastructure to be rolled out to the final third of the country who still suffer with chronically poor broadband.”

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